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Pop artist Charli xcx’s album for the movie “Wuthering Heights,” by the same name, is a “background noise” album; something to listen to while completing tasks or hanging with friends without paying attention to it.
Charli’s album featured her signature hyperpop, electronic pop sound for the period piece film. The mix of sound stirred many questions among audiences that brought curiosity to the film.
As expected, it sounds like a standard Charli xcx album. It holds her classic hyperpop sounds with great production design.
The violins, harps and piano sounds added throughout the songs create a “sweet” sounding album.
Nothing about the album stood out to me. I didn’t enjoy any song more than usual but didn’t dislike one. If I really had to say, my favorite songs are “Alters” and “My Reminder.”
“Alters” starts off soft and Charli xcx sets up a marriage story; when the chorus starts, the listener realizes Charli’s singing about someone she loves that doesn’t feel the same about her, similar to what she sang about in “party 4 u.”
The chorus builds intensely with loud violins, but the song switches back to a soft sound in the bridge; the listener feels how Charli contrasts both the softness and anger that comes with love.
The other standout song, “My Reminder,” is very upbeat and cheery in comparison to the rest of the album. I loved the lyric “You’re always my reminder, from where I started from.”
The song’s message can be seen as both a positive and negative in a relationship.
You can look at it as looking at your partner and seeing how far you have come, or seeing your partner and thinking how much you’ve grown since being with them.
The song reminded me of the complications that come with being in a relationship and growing at the same time.
My least favorite songs were “House” featuring John Cale and “Eyes of the World” featuring Sky Ferreira.
I didn’t like “House” because of all the “I think I’m gonna die in this house” memes. The memes share that clip of the song and usually show a silly jumpscare of some sort.
As a result, I couldn’t take it seriously or even picture myself ever listening to it in my down time, even though the song is decent.
“Eyes of the World” sounded a bit cheesy. I didn’t care about the chorus and the production to me seemed a bit messy. I also didn’t enjoy Ferreira’s part on “Eyes of the World.”
Overall, it’s not horrible — I added some songs to my playlists — but I also skipped a lot of them.
The album was produced well and I loved the romantic take on electronic pop, but nothing really stuck with me.
